Results 181-200 of 5,216 for speaker:Mick Barry

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Policies (21 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Taoiseach has made great play of his opinions on law and order. Why is he not taking action against employers who break the law? Less than half a mile from here, there is a construction project that is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works and that is 100% funded by the taxpayer. Organisers from Unite the Union recently consulted with the workers on that project and found...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on migration, integration and Ukraine will meet next. [21360/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 May 2024)

Mick Barry: A far-right local election candidate is sharing copies on Twitter, or X, of what she claims are people's international protection applications. One is that of an alleged Palestinian applicant and seems to have been taken down now but at least another two are still up. This is not the first time that alleged international protection applications have been shared on social media by the far...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Respect the Chair.

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974 were the single most bloody event of the Troubles. Thirty-four people were killed, 27 in Dublin and seven in Monaghan, and 300 people were injured. Car bombs in Dublin were placed strategically near to train stations during rush hour in the middle of a bus strike. Many of the victims were young women workers. The Monaghan bomb was very...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 May 2024)

Mick Barry: I congratulate the students at Trinity College who have forced their college to begin divesting from Israel. They have achieved more from their actions than has been achieved by the Government. I note that students at UCD have followed their example. I also congratulate the dozens of staff and students at UCC who have now formed the UCC BDS to organise action with the aim of forcing UCC...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 12. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the Spanish Prime Minister. [21359/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (14 May 2024)

Mick Barry: I understand that the special European Council had some discussion on economic matters, including the position of small business and supports for small business. I also understand that the Taoiseach is bringing forward a package tomorrow. There are a few points I wish to make about that. I will start by saying hands off the minimum wage and hands off workers' sick leave. I am open to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (14 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 5. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the recent special meeting of the European Council. [20873/24]

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking Bill) 2023 focuses on trafficking for sexual exploitation. There is still a need for dedicated legislation to cover trafficking for labour exploitation. I will give a recent example. I have seen correspondence between the International Transport Workers' Federation and the Garda relating to a case where fishers from Ghana were issued...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: I am stepping in to ask this question on behalf of Deputy Bríd Smith. I need the Taoiseach to clarify a point for me. More than 150 children lost out when the Before 5 childcare facility in Churchfield on the northside of Cork city closed suddenly last August. Before 5 had served the surrounding communities for 50 years. Three months ago, the organisation chosen to restart a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Many parents on the northside of Cork city are hanging on his answer here and are in very difficult circumstances and need this place reopened as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Departmental Programmes (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: "Nothing about us without us" is the motto of the movement for disability rights. The Government's failure to respect this principle led to its decision to launch a Green Paper on disability reform without proper consultation. Its failure to respect that principle meant the Green Paper was doomed from the start. When the Taoiseach was elected, we were told it would open up a new era for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet next. [17379/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [18013/24]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 May 2024)

Mick Barry: 47. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. [18014/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: The Minister of State used a lot of statistics in his reply. I am not going to use statistics. I am going to give him the words of a parent in the form of an extract taken from a letter that was sent. This parent had to move her child out to another school. She wrote that her family is being literally ripped apart and that instead of dropping her three children to school, she is now only...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: How many children with autism in the town of Ballincollig have been let down badly by the State and the Government? I know of 21 straight off the bat. They are the boys who attend the Scoil Eoin primary school, who are forced to struggle along in mainstream classes when special classes are what they need. This was recognised three years ago by the National Council for Special Education,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 May 2024)

Mick Barry: Yesterday, Mr. Fintan Hourihan, chief executive of the Irish Dental Association told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health that he found it profoundly worrying that a decision was made to cancel the building of a new dental school and dental hospital in Cork. A new dental school and hospital would bring a multiplicity of benefits. Number one, it would be a big improvement on the current...